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September 2018

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A short, robust brain activation control task optimised for pharmacological fMRI studies

Fig 2: Results from the working-memory variant of the task paradigm.

September 11, 2018

A short, robust brain activation control task optimised for pharmacological fMRI studies

To aid in pharmacological-fMRI studies, researchers developed and validated two variants of a novel fMRI control task. Their stimulus code is freely available online for re-use by the scientific community.

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September 28, 2018

Sunset Yellow and Allura Red modulate Bcl2 and COX2 expression levels and confer oxidative stress-mediated renal and hepatic toxicity in male rats

1 citation

322 downloads

1,064 views

Latifa I. Khayyat, Amina E. Essawy, Jehan M. Sorour, Ahmed Soffar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5689 PubMed 30280050

September 20, 2018

Characterization of retinal regeneration in adult zebrafish following multiple rounds of phototoxic lesion

4 citations

315 downloads

914 views

Alexandra H. Ranski, Ashley C. Kramer, Gregory W. Morgan, Jennifer L. Perez, Ryan Thummel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5646 PubMed 30258730

September 10, 2018

Effects of resveratrol, exercises and their combination on Farnesoid X receptor, Liver X receptor and Sirtuin 1 gene expression and apoptosis in the liver of elderly rats with nonalcoholic fatty liver

4 citations

304 downloads

865 views

Amir Hajighasem, Parvin Farzanegi, Zohreh Mazaheri, Marjan Naghizadeh, Ghoncheh Salehi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5522 PubMed 30221089

September 19, 2018

Evaluation of potential reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR analysis in spotted sea bass (Lateolabrax maculatus) under normal and salinity stress conditions

7 citations

300 downloads

777 views

Haolong Wang, Haishen Wen, Yun Li, Kaiqiang Zhang, Yang Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5631 PubMed 30258722

September 28, 2018

Crystal structure and functional analysis of human C1ORF123

1 citation

295 downloads

951 views

Siti Nurulnabila A. Rahaman, Jastina Mat Yusop, Zeti-Azura Mohamed-Hussein, Wan Mohd Aizat, Kok Lian Ho, Aik-Hong Teh, Jitka Waterman, Boon Keat Tan, Hwei Ling Tan, Adelicia Yongling Li, Ee Sin Chen, Chyan Leong Ng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5377 PubMed 30280012

September 28, 2018

Molecular analysis of oral microflora in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome by using high-throughput sequencing

4 citations

285 downloads

608 views

Zhifang Zhou, Guanghui Ling, Ning Ding, Zhe Xun, Ce Zhu, Hong Hua, Xiaochi Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5649 PubMed 30280027

September 21, 2018

A secretory hexokinase plays an active role in the proliferation of Nosema bombycis

4 citations

268 downloads

1,604 views

Yukang Huang, Shiyi Zheng, Xionge Mei, Bin Yu, Bin Sun, Boning Li, Junhong Wei, Jie Chen, Tian Li, Guoqing Pan, Zeyang Zhou, Chunfeng Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5658 PubMed 30258733

September 13, 2018

TNFRSF10C methylation is a new epigenetic biomarker for colorectal cancer

3 citations

244 downloads

756 views

Cong Zhou, Ranran Pan, Haochang Hu, Bin Li, Jie Dai, Xiuru Ying, Hang Yu, Jie Zhong, Yiyi Mao, Yihan Zhang, Dongping Wu, Shiwei Duan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5336 PubMed 30225159

September 17, 2018

60S dynamic state of bacterial ribosome is fixed by yeast mitochondrial initiation factor 3

2 citations

241 downloads

919 views

Sergey Levitskii, Ksenia Derbikova, Maria V. Baleva, Anton Kuzmenko, Andrey V. Golovin, Ivan Chicherin, Igor A. Krasheninnikov, Piotr Kamenski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5620 PubMed 30245939

September 20, 2018

Preliminary analysis of New Zealand scampi (Metanephrops challengeri) diet using metabarcoding

1 citation

232 downloads

1,039 views

Aimee L. van der Reis, Olivier Laroche, Andrew G. Jeffs, Shane D. Lavery

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5641 PubMed 30258728

September 12, 2018

Molecular typing and profiling of topoisomerase mutations causing resistance to ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin in Elizabethkingia species

2 citations

228 downloads

891 views

Ming-Jr Jian, Yun-Hsiang Cheng, Cherng-Lih Perng, Hung-Sheng Shang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5608 PubMed 30225179

September 28, 2018

Cellular production of a counterfeit viral protein confers immunity to infection by a related virus

2 citations

219 downloads

1,931 views

Benjamin E. Warner, Matthew J. Ballinger, Pradeep Yerramsetty, Jennifer Reed, Derek J. Taylor, Thomas J. Smith, Jeremy A. Bruenn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5679 PubMed 30280045

September 13, 2018

Cytokine and microRNA levels during different periods of paradoxical sleep deprivation and sleep recovery in rats

2 citations

218 downloads

983 views

Malinalli Brianza-Padilla, Fausto Sánchez-Muñoz, Gonzalo Vázquez-Palacios, Fengyang Huang, Julio César Almanza-Pérez, Rafael Bojalil, Herlinda Bonilla-Jaime

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5567 PubMed 30225174

September 17, 2018

Phylogeography of Swertia perennis in Europe based on cpDNA markers

1 citation

211 downloads

779 views

Jacek Urbaniak, Paweł Kwiatkowski, Paweł Pawlikowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5512 PubMed 30245925

September 5, 2018

Single mutations in the ε subunit from thermophilic Bacillus PS3 generate a high binding affinity site for ATP

208 downloads

688 views